Hi everyone,
This is just a quick update to let you all know that we are now moved into our new home in Tropic, Utah located next to Bryce Canyon National Park. Thanks to each and everyone of you who prayed for us during this summer of "Nomading" in the RV, sleeping in the church and Ruby's Inn in our journey to moving to our new ministry location in Tropic. After we sold our home in northern Utah, we had a nice army of friends help us load all of our things into 2 U-Haul trucks. Due to numerous challenges of our home purchase, we had to extent our 3 day U-haul contract to a total of 14 days for the 2 trucks to enable us to unload directly into our home in Tropic (it was during his time that we stayed at RMBC for a week and then at Ruby's Inn for a couple of days). Due to the uncertainty of the exact timing for possession of the house in Tropic, we were unable to schedule helpers for unloading the trucks (Tropic and Bryce Canyon are about 1 1/2 hours away from "civilization" and from our partner churches and collegues). We only had a few hours notice before we had to unload, so we were not able to give our friends enough notice for them to be able to be there in time for the unload. All of our local friends here in the area were working or at school. One local pastor was able to help unload for about an hour. So, my family and I spent 14 hours this past Wednesday (Sept. 29) unloading the 2 U-haul trucks. We started at 9:00 am and finished unloading at 11:00 pm. Since back surgery in 2005, I am unable to lift like I used to be able to...so all 5 of us teamed up on all the heavy items (many hands make light work!). Thank the Lord for my scrappy, teenage boys, athletic daughter and hard-working wife who were all work-horses through this whole move! The next morning, we were able to drag ourselves out of bed and drive the two 26 foot trucks back to Panguitch, the closest U-haul drop off (40 minutes from Tropic). Joanne drove one of these huge trucks back to help us meet the return deadline...so she is now an official Truck Drivin' Gal.
Thanks again for your prayers. God is awesome in His power to sustain His own and to answer prayer. We rejoice in Jesus Christ and in His power that He has manifested on our behalf for the glory of His name in this land.
With love in Christ,
The Brannon Bunch ,
Rob, Joanne, Hannah, Heidi, Josiah, and Luke
This is just a quick update to let you all know that we are now moved into our new home in Tropic, Utah located next to Bryce Canyon National Park. Thanks to each and everyone of you who prayed for us during this summer of "Nomading" in the RV, sleeping in the church and Ruby's Inn in our journey to moving to our new ministry location in Tropic. After we sold our home in northern Utah, we had a nice army of friends help us load all of our things into 2 U-Haul trucks. Due to numerous challenges of our home purchase, we had to extent our 3 day U-haul contract to a total of 14 days for the 2 trucks to enable us to unload directly into our home in Tropic (it was during his time that we stayed at RMBC for a week and then at Ruby's Inn for a couple of days). Due to the uncertainty of the exact timing for possession of the house in Tropic, we were unable to schedule helpers for unloading the trucks (Tropic and Bryce Canyon are about 1 1/2 hours away from "civilization" and from our partner churches and collegues). We only had a few hours notice before we had to unload, so we were not able to give our friends enough notice for them to be able to be there in time for the unload. All of our local friends here in the area were working or at school. One local pastor was able to help unload for about an hour. So, my family and I spent 14 hours this past Wednesday (Sept. 29) unloading the 2 U-haul trucks. We started at 9:00 am and finished unloading at 11:00 pm. Since back surgery in 2005, I am unable to lift like I used to be able to...so all 5 of us teamed up on all the heavy items (many hands make light work!). Thank the Lord for my scrappy, teenage boys, athletic daughter and hard-working wife who were all work-horses through this whole move! The next morning, we were able to drag ourselves out of bed and drive the two 26 foot trucks back to Panguitch, the closest U-haul drop off (40 minutes from Tropic). Joanne drove one of these huge trucks back to help us meet the return deadline...so she is now an official Truck Drivin' Gal.
Thanks again for your prayers. God is awesome in His power to sustain His own and to answer prayer. We rejoice in Jesus Christ and in His power that He has manifested on our behalf for the glory of His name in this land.
With love in Christ,
The Brannon Bunch ,
Rob, Joanne, Hannah, Heidi, Josiah, and Luke
